Car question

[Mockingbird]

Originally Posted by tw

What ever needs restoring on a seven year old car? Generally, a new paint job often means paint that looks even worse after three years. It must be in abused shape to need all that.

I'm a painter, myself. I want a decent fresh coat put on it because I plan on painting the entire car a bit like a canvas.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Mockingbird

I'm a painter, myself. I want a decent fresh coat put on it because I plan on painting the entire car a bit like a canvas.

Will never forget that red 1965 Mustang. The owner was trying to sell it to a gas station attendant. He painted it with a paint brush. Said it was a classic. Maybe it once was. But he repainted it. He completely and permanently destroyed that Mustang.

Meanwhile, anything but the most expensive paint will result in a crappy paint job in three years. Ever see the many GM (and Chrysler) cars with paint pealed off exposing large areas of beige primer? If the shift ended when the car was only primed, then dust would settle on the primer overnight. Next day, that dust was painted with their 'cost controlled' paint. Paint pealed where cheaper paint was further compromised by dust.

What did Honda, et al do? Cars entered a clean room. Car stayed in a massive clean room until all coats were applied and dried. Learn why better cars have a superior original paint jobs. Repaint the car and learn from failures.

What was the original purpose of catalytic converters (as also used in car exhaust systems)? To clean the air that would spray the paint. Better assembly line paint jobs were that much better. Good luck getting the equivalent even in an auto body shop. Paint the car to learn.